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The cat in the hat

The cat in the hat :

About The Author Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel : Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ted's father, Theodor Robert, and grandfather were brewmasters in the city. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed her children to sleep by "chanting" rhymes remembered from her youth. Ted credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known…Ted left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College, where he became editorin- chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine. Although Dr. Seuss tenure as editor ended prematurely when Ted and his friends were caught throwing a drinking party, which was against the prohibition laws and school policy, he continued to contribute to the magazine, signing his work "Seuss." This is the first record of he "Seuss" pseudonym, which was both Ted's middle name and his mother's maiden name. To please his father, who wanted him to be a college professor, Ted went on to Oxford University in England after graduation. However, his academic studies bored him, and he decided to tour Europe instead. Oxford did provide him the opportunity to meet a classmate, Helen Palmer, who not only became his first wife, but also a children's author and book editor. While Ted was continuing to contribute to Life, Vanity Fair, Judge and other magazines, Viking Press offered him a contract to illustrate a collection of children's sayings called Boners. Although the book was not a commercial success, the illustrations received great reviews, providing Ted with his first "big break" into children's literature. Getting the first book that he both wrote and illustrated, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, published, however, required a great degree of persistence - it was rejected 27 times before being published by Vanguard Press. The Cat in the Hat, perhaps the defining book of Ted's career, developed as part of a unique joint venture between Houghton Mifflin (Vanguard Press) and Random House. Houghton Mifflin asked Ted to write and illustrate a children's primer using only 225 "new-reader" vocabulary words. Because he was under contract to Random House, Random House obtained the trade publication rights, and Houghton Mifflin kept the school rights. With the release of The Cat in the Hat, Ted became the definitive children's book author and illustrator. After Ted's first wife died in 1967, Ted married an old friend, Audrey Stone Geisel, who not only influenced his later books, but now guards his legacy as the president of Dr. Seuss Enterprises. At the time of his death on September 24, 1991, Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Dr. Seuss books had been translated into more than 15 languages. Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Besides the books, his works have provided the source for eleven children's television specials, a Broadway musical and a feature-length motion picture. Other major motion pictures are on the way. His honors included two Academy awards, two Emmy awards, a Peabody award and the Pulitzer Prize.

The Cat In The Hat : The Cat in the Hat is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, featuring a tall, anthropomorphic, mischievous cat, wearing a tall, red and white striped hat, a bowtie, and an umbrella. With the series of Beginner Books that The Cat inaugurated, Seuss promoted both his name and the cause of elementary literacy in the United States. The eponymous cat appears in six of Seuss's rhymed children's books.Theodor Geisel, writing as Dr. Seuss, created The Catin the Hat in response to the May 24, 1954 Life magazine article by John Hersey.

Publication Date : December 22, 1957Media Type : Print (Hardcover and Paperback)Proceded By : How the Grinch Stole ChristmasFollowes By : The Cat In The Hat Comes Back

Featuring Of The Cat In The Hat :The Cat in the Hat read by Kelsey Grammer.Horton Hears a Who read by Dustin Hoffman.How the Grinch Stole Christmas read by Walter Matthau.Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? read by John Cleese.The Lorax read by Ted Danson.Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag read by John Lithgow.Thidwick, the Big-Hearted Moose read by Mercedes McCambridge.

Delightful packaging distinguishes the new Dr. Seuss CD audiobook, right down to imprinted graphics on the discs. The all-star cast of readers--Kelsey Grammer, Dustin Hoffman, Walter Matthau, John Cleese, and others--promises an entertaining program. Nearly a dozen Seuss stories are read with nearly as many artistic approaches. Billy Crystal is over the top; John Cleese has impeccable comic timing; Ted Danson seems unimpressed by the Lorax. But Grammer comes across best. He gets the rhymes and delivers the verse with style. His energy, like Seuss's, never flags and never seems forced. The production has an appealing, inventive combination of music and words. Have some fun with this audio--the producers did!

The Cat In The HatDr. Seuss Free DVD Movie :Following up on the success of 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Imagine Entertainment presents The Cat in the Hat, their second live-action adaptation of a classic Dr. Seuss book. Starring Mike Myers, the film follows the adventures of Conrad (Spencer Breslin) and Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning), a young brother and sister who find themselves visited by the titular mischievous cat (Meyers) and his entourage when their mother (Kelly Preston) leaves them home alone. Also starring Alec Baldwin and the voice of Sean Hayes, The Cat in the Hat is the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated art director Bo Welch. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide.

Actors of The Movie The Cat In The Hat :Mike Myers : As The CatAlec Baldwin : As QuinnKelly Preston : As MomDakota Fanning : As SallySpencer Breslin : As ConradAmy Hill : As Mrs. KwanSean Hayes : As Mr.Humberfloob/Voice of the FishDanielle Chuchran : As Thing OneTaylor Rice : As Thing OneBrittany Oaks : As Thing TwoTalia-Lynn Prairie : As Thing TwoDan Castellaneta : As Thing One/Thing TwoVictor Brandt : As NarratorDaran Norris : As AnnouncerBugsy : As NevinsDirectors: Bo WelchStoryline of The Movie The Cat In The Hat : Imagine two kids, Sally (Dakota Fanning) and Conrad Walden (Spencer Breslin), home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside. While their wayward babysitter, Mrs. Kwan (Amy Hill), dozes off in the couch, the kids have nothing to do besides sit still and stare out of the window. Until their unexpected guest - a six-foot-tall talking cat, with a tall striped hat and more than a few tricks - appears. The wily Cat (Mike Myers) is determined to show Sally and Conrad that "it's good to have fun - but you have to know how!" and inveigles them into colorful, illogical, absurd misadventures. As a result, their house is all wrecked up and almost destroyed, the fish begins talking and moralizing... Mom’s party, as well as her career, is threatened with a hopeless failure. Can Sally and Conrad fix up things before their parents get back?

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